Lorenzo Mousetti and Zheng Qinwen secured their seats in the second round of the French Open on Sunday commanding direct victories and set the tone on the busy start day at Roland Garros.
Mouseti, eighth seed from Italy, exceeded the uneven start before sailing around the German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 in Philippe-Chamrier. The 22 -year -old man, one of the most conjurious artists on the clay this season, needed a little over two hours to complete the victory.
The match turned after a firmly attacked opening, in which I had to break to 6-5 before it closed it with a sharp sauce. From there he significantly raised his level, dominated the baseline and smashed repeatedly to easily pack the last two sets.
“The first man to start Philippe-Catrier this year was pressure,” Mousti said after the match. “It’s an incredible honor. I played many beautiful matches and I had incredible memories in this court.”
The Mouse, who reached the semifinals this season at all three Masters Actions at Clay, will further face the French surrogate coat of arms Valentin Royer or Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan, a happy loser.
In the women’s draw Zheng Qinwen, she described her return to Philippe-Chamrier with a confident 6-4, 6-3 victories over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenko, finalist in Roland Garros in 2021.
Zheng, the eighth seed of the tournament, last played on the playground during the Olympic finals last August, where she defeated World No. 1 Iga Swiatlek to win gold. On Sunday she showed a small rust, dominated the pace of the match and purely hit both wings.
The victory also served as a degree of revenge for Zheng, which last summer lost only the previous meeting with Pavlyuchenko in Cincinnati. The victory was improved by her first round in Paris to 4-0.
Elsewhere, the American 15 advanced. Frances tiafoe seed with a victory of 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 over the Russian Safiullin Roman. In the second round he will face the Spanish Pablo Carreno Bust.
In the action of other men, the 12th seed Tommy Paul recovered from the slow start to defeat the Danish Elmer Moller 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. Paul, a quarterfinalist at last year’s tournament, is moving to Marton Fucsovics.
On the side of women, 11. The next met with Dayana Yastrese, also in Ukraine.
The first day of the main Draw offered several surprises, but issued a strong introductory statement from the best seeds, with Mouseti and Zheng underlined their credentials of the clay court.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
May 25, 2025
